Gold, OH: Triple Continental Divide

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John Kucko Digital posted
How it Starts, How it Ends: Amazing the tiny little spring in Gold, Pennsylvania in Potter County (left images) that starts the Genesee River on its descent down a massive hill, then zigzags 157 miles before ending north of Rochester and emptying into Lake Ontario (right). The headwaters are on private property, as primitive as it gets. Captured the aerial shot yesterday flying into Rochester. That area in Gold, PA is the location of the only Triple Continental Divide east of the Mississippi. The summit there gives rise to three major rivers: 1) The Genesee River which flows into Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence River and ultimately the Atlantic Ocean. 2) The Allegheny River which flows into the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, ultimately into the Gulf of Mexico. 3) Pine Creek—a tributary to the west branch of the Susquehanna River, which flows into Chesapeake Bay and ultimately Atlantic Ocean. It is a spectacular starting point to SO much, right there in Potter County—referred to as “God’s Country".

The river had less mud in it when John took his photo.

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